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GROVER CLEVELAND D.S.

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GROVER CLEVELAND D.S.
<b>890. GROVER CLEVELAND</b> (1837 - 1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States, supported civil service and fiscal reform. Good content partly-printed D.S. as President, 1p. 4to., Washington, Feb. 17, 1896, orders the Secretary of State to affix the Seal to: "<i>Envelopes containing my letters of credence in behalf of Clifton R. Breckinridge and major Genl. Alexander McDowell McCook, U.S.A., to attend coronation ceremonies at Moscow, Russia, May next. Also my letter of congratulations to Her Britannic Majesty upon the birth of a Prince on December 14, 1895...</i>" Very good. Seems Cleveland was able to kill two birds with one stone: he sends his emissaries to attend the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra, and at the same time honors the birth of King George V's son, Albert, destined to become King George VI. Interestingly, in 1917 George V took the controversial decision to deny political asylum to his cousin, Nicholas II, who was later executed by the Bolsheviks. A great association! <b>$300-500</b>